Subject Re: [firebird-support] Re: Firebird for big projects
Author Helen Borrie
At 06:31 AM 3/12/2009, you wrote:
>Sorry, i also would like to know if FB will support this and if any one has experience with hihg data volume and this amount of users.

This is oldish (2006, Fb 1.5) but the "who uses" section should give you an idea. Some of those cases were IB to Fb conversions.

http://www.firebirdsql.org/devel/doc/papers/html/paper-fbent.html

See also:

http://www.ibphoenix.com/main.nfs?a=ibphoenix&page=ibp_users_firebird

http://www.ibphoenix.com/main.nfs?a=ibphoenix&page=ibp_powered_firebird

and
http://www.firebirdsql.org/index.php?op=ffoundation&id=sponsorship

Note also that, though IB and FB on-disk database structures are not compatible, the engines are still similar enough that your IB experience will be your own best guide. The most radical architectural changes will come next year with Fb 3.0.

./heLen